Same Story, Something New

14 - Wolf's Wrath, and the Inky Abyss

Allison's POV

The pounding was not a good sign. Neither was the Wolf's reaction to it.

"The disgusting wretches have wandered my halls, have gone unchecked! They're trying to drag me back to the darkness!" He hollered. "Don't let them take me! Purge them, one by one! Smash them into puddles! Kill them!"

I stood next to Bendy on the bridge while Helen hid behind me. I had a tight grip on my axe, while Bendy held his pipe. Then the pounding ended with a loud smash, and Butcher Gang clones started to make their way towers up. We managed to fend them off, then another wave of them attacked. They weren't difficult to handle either. Then a third and final wave attacked, but they were just as easy as the other two were.

"So quiet," the Wolf sighed. "Like a welcoming grave. I like the silence, don't you?"

"No." Helen mumbled. "Not when it's bad and mean."

"I hate leaving work unfinished!" The Wolf grumbled. "Fortunately, I have you three to pick up the pieces. But this time, one of you will have to go even deeper. Down, down, down, into the abyss. I must warn you though, firstly I can only see the elevator, the rest is out of my range. Secondly, it's a place where the Ink Angel has no sway, because even she avoids his light."

"I'll handle this." I declared. "You two..."

"Actually, let's have a little fun with this. All of you pick a number between 1, and 20."

"16." I said.

"9" Helen replied.

"4" Bendy replied.

"The number I chose was... 10." The wolf announced. "Which means Helen has to do this one."

"No!" I exclaimed. "Not her! Let's..."

"Silence!" He snapped. "Just for that, she has to go down there alone! No one else may get on that elevator!" He then focused on Helen. "Now, take the lift down to the abyss Helen. The button you want is for Level 14. While you're down there, say hello to an old friend." He chuckled. "Also, before I forget, I'm sending you a little present. A little firepower. Take good care of it. It belonged to someone very special."

The pipe on the right then revealed a tommy gun. Helen grabbed it then came over to me. She was just about to say something when the Wolf spoke up.

"Stop wasting time and get to work!" He snarled.

She simply whimpered and ran in the direction of the elevator.

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Helen's POV

I was scared. The abyss doesn't sound nice at all. It sounds like a bad place. I hated Big Wally. He's nothing like Nice Wally. Nice Wally wouldn't have made me go to a bad place. I was almost at the elevator when I remembered the room Bendy accessed to give Bis Sis her axe. I felt curious and ran over to it. I found an audio log in it, and pressed play.

Grant Cohen:

"They say the real problem with Mr. Drew is that he never actually tells us little people anything. Oh sure, according to him there's always big stuff coming, adventure and fame and the like. But I'm the guy, see, who has to make sure our budgets don't go all out of whack just cause genius upstairs went out and got himself another idea. Speaking of which, and this is top secret, apparently Mr. Drew has another large project in mind now, and it ain't gonna be cheap."

Big Me's info told me this was Grant, and his job was managing how the studio's money was spent. Other than that Big Me didn't know much about the guy. I shrugged and went to the elevator and pressed the button for Level 14. This was the longest ride of all. When it arrived, it had taken forever and ever.